(wow, I really need to make my yearly resolution to, you know, be more present on LJ? Or anywhere ( Read more... )

*sigh*

I have this fantastic multi-episode documentary on the Mogao Caves, which I picked up last summer. They are spectacular, they are super-important for anything having to do with the Silk Road (seriously; you can look at the decorations and see depictions of textiles and carpets which were being traded, and pictures of the different peoples ( Read more... )

Had on an Epic Film of Epic Epicness this evening, while grading and trying to relax a bit. And when I saw "Epic," I mean in this case Bollywood, which can really pretty much out-epic anything it sets its mind to. In this particular film, the main plot revolves around the fact that the older (adopted) son of a super-rich upper-class Indian family ( Read more... )

So, last night, I got to watch Part One of the new SciFi Channel miniseries, "Tin Man," which is a modernized update of "The Wizard of Oz," with a sci-fi-ish setting, I guess, except that there's still magic and so on. I'd read about it, and was actually intrigued; I love reinterpretations and new takes on fairy tales and folk tales and legends and ( Read more... )